ruin 和destroy 有什么区别？

ruin表示毁坏。而destroy 则更彻底。完全地摧毁。

ruin
vt.
1. 毁灭；使覆灭：
The whole supermarket was ruined in a great fire.
整个超级市场被一场大火烧掉。
2. 毁坏；葬送：
Bad weather ruined our holidays.
坏天气把我们的假日全给搅了。
You are ruining the child!
你把孩子宠坏了!
3. 使破产：
He was ruined by gambling.
赌博使他倾家荡产。
4. 使(妇女)失去贞操：
She was ruined by a rascal.
她被一个流氓引诱而失去了贞操。
vi.
1. 被毁灭；被毁坏2. 破产；没落；衰败3. 堕落

destroy [di'strɔi]
vt.
1. 破坏，毁坏，毁灭，摧毁，拆毁(建筑物等)：
Fire destroyed several houses in the area.
大火烧毁了该地区的几栋房子。The earthquake destroyed several stores in the business district.
那次地震摧毁了商业区的几家商店。
2. 打破(计划、希望等)；消除；除掉；结束，终止：
They destroyed communication from within.
他们从内部中断了联系。
All hopes of a peaceful settlement were destroyed by the bomb.
这个爆炸事件使一切和平解决的希望都破灭了。
3. 杀死，干掉，杀戮；彻底消灭，扑灭：
He had to destroy the injured animal.
他只好杀死那个受伤的动物。
The hunter destroyed the elephant.
猎手射杀了那头大象。
4. 彻底打败，击溃，粉碎，使覆灭，使毁灭；压服，制服，压垮：He felt destroyed by the thought that she no longer needed him.
他一想到她不再需要他了，他就感到精神崩溃了。She was wholly destroyed when her boyfriend left her.
当她的男友离开她时，她完全丧失了信心和希望。
5. 抵消…的效果(或影响)；使无效，使无用；减损：The evidence completely destroyed her argument.
这个证据彻底驳倒了她的论点。

vi.从事破坏，破坏；造成破坏；遭到毁灭：
Please destroy after reading.请阅后销毁。